Havering Council issued its decision on the proposal for development at 1-5 Writtle Walk on June 4, after an application was entered in March.
The plans sought approval for the addition of a two-storey upward extension to create four one-bed flats and a single one-bed studio flat.
According to documents accompanying the application, the host building has a current class C3 residential use as well as shops.
However Havering Council’s planning committee has rejected the plans, providing a number of reasons to justify the decision.
They claim that there is an “outstanding” enforcement notice relating to 1/1A Writtle Walk that has yet to be resolved.
It is understood that this notice relates to the ceasing of use of the first and second floors as dwelling spaces, the removal of all cooking equipment, hob and oven, and the disposal of all rubble and accumulated when carrying out the previous orders.
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The council maintains that “in the absence of confirmation of compliance with the requirements of this notice, […] that permitted development rights do not apply to those areas subject to the enforcement notice”.
The plans were feared to result in a “prominent and visually intrusive piece of development, overbearing in the context of its immediate surrounds and visible over longer distances through its resultant height and mass”.
Other points of refusal included privacy and a lack of parking provision.
